Schooner J.W. Gaskill ~ 16 February 1891

Annual Report of the Operations of the United States Life-Saving Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891:

PEA ISLAND LIFE-SAVING STATION, NORTH CAROLINA, February 18, 1891

"SIR: I desire to express through you, to the General Superintendent of the United States Life-Saving Service at Washington, D.C., my sincere thanks for the prompt assistance rendered to and the rescuing of myself and crew from the wrecked schooner J.W. Gaskill, on the 16th of February, 1891, one-quarter of a mile north of New Inlet, coast of North Carolina, by the keepers and crews of the Pea Island, Oregon Inlet, and New Inlet life saving stations. JOHN DOUGLASS, Late Master of Schooner J.W. Gaskill."